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Gallia est omnis dīvīsa in partēs trēs, quārum ūnam incolunt Belgae.

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Contents (2 entries · 12 senses)
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Digitized by Distributed Proofreaders from William Smith and Theophilus D. Hall, A Copious and Critical English-Latin Dictionary (1871), and generously placed into the public domain.
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• kindness:
    1. I. The feeling or disposition:
      1. 1. bĕnignĭtas (esp. on the part of a superior; graciousness): you are listening to me with the greatest k., me summa cum b. auditis, Cic. Sext. 13, 31: Hor.: v. generosity.
      2. 2. cōmĭtas: v. kindliness (1).
      3. 3. bĕnĕvŏlentia (good-will): Cic.
      4. 4. bĕnĕfĭcentia (doing kind acts): what is more excellent than goodness and k.? quid praestantius bonitate et b.? Cic. N. D. 1, 43, fin.
      5. 5. hūmānĭtas: v. kindliness (4).
      6. 6. expr. by bĕnĕfĭcia (pl. concrete for abstr.: L. G. § 591): such was his k. to me, *tanta erant illius in me beneficia collata: v. infr. (II.). Phr.: to show k. to any one, benevolum, benignum se praebere erga aliquem: v. kind.
    2. II. An act of kindness:
      1. 1. bĕnĕfĭcium: to return a k. for an injury, pro maleficio b. reddere, Ter. Ph. 2, 2, 22: to bestow a k. on any one, b. apud aliquem collocare, Cic. Off. 2, 20, 70 (with the idea of a return for the "investment"); so, b. ponere, id. Fam. 13, 54. also, to do an act of k. (freely), b. dare, id. Off. 1, 15, 48; conferre in aliquem, ib. 1, 14, 45.
      2. 2. offĭcium: to do acts of k. to people, officia in homines conferre, Cic. Off. 1, 15, 48: that is so far from being a k. that ..., id tantum abest ab off. ut ..., ib. 1, 14, 43: interchange of affection and acts of k., vicissitudo studiorum off.que, Cic. Am. 14, 49.
      3. 3. bĕnĕfactum (rare and poet., and only in pl.): Enn.: Pl. (In later writers usu. = good deeds, services.)
      4. 4. grātia: v. favour (II.). Phr.: to do a k.: (1.) prōsum, irr. (with dat.): to wish to do any one a k., alicui p. velle, Cic. Off. 1, 14, 42: v. GOOD (TO DO). (2.) bĕnĕfăcio, 3 (or as two words: rare): Pl.
R&A Riddle & Arnold (1)
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J. E. Riddle and T. K. Arnold, A Copious and Critical English-Latin Lexicon. Data retrieved from FergusJPWalsh/riddle-arnold under a CC BY-SA 4.0 license.
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• KINDNESS
benignitas animi: benignitas (kind disposition, which also, manifests itself by actions): humanitas (philanthropic, well-wishing feeling, which shows itself in behavior toward others): comitas (complaisance, courteousness, friendliness): clementia: lenitas (gentle, merciful disposition; Vid: GRACE): indulgentia (sparing and indulgent behavior): beneficentia (goodness, beneficence, mildness): liberalitas (kindness shown in acts of liberality). To show a kindness to anybody, alicui benigne facere: to show much kindness to anybody, plurimum benignitatis in aliquem conferre: to have enjoyed much kindness from anybody, magna alicujus liberalitate usum esse: to treat anybody with kindness, benigne or comiter aliquem tractare; leni ingenio esse in aliquem: in kindness, bona cum gratia (as Ter., Phorm., 4, 3, 17); cum gratia (as Ter., Andr., 2, 5, 11); or per bonam gratiam (as Plaut., Mil., 4, 3, 33): to admonish anybody in kindness, amice admonere aliquem: to do a kindness to anybody, alicui benigne facere. Will you have the kindness? Vid: GOODNESS.